Gotta get that rear bumper off and see what's what. How long ago was the hit?

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What can go wrong? Nothing

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Oi

Doing it that way you're just gonna deform or break anything salvageable to a state beyond salvage.

You've got to pull with a winch/come-along at the seams, steady pull and help with body hammers of various consistencies and shapes. Pull, hammer, pull, hammer, pull... lather rinse repeat.

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He’ll just drag the car or pull something off the van. It ain’t easy pulling panels out... especially that panel with more joints than calimeatwagon

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Or smash some window glass when the chain flails its mighty tentacle.

Thanks for your concern, nothing went wrong, worked exactly as intended. I "pulled the bumper a bit" (as stated) The bumper bolt is now free from what was shielding it. So now when I am ready I can pull the bumper off and begin standard methods of pulling the wrinkles out.

Thanks Nels!
It is a little too far, but looks like it would have some of what I need?
I do have a good reason to buy a Porta power now!

Or...I do have several body shop connections and may see if I can get it pulled to the point where I can R&R the quarter, save me lots of energy. I am in no hurry.
(well, I have to keep telling myself that)

You're a brave man, I've seen 242's totalled by small QP dents that could be easily kicked out to passable.

Its a combination of boredom and it was in my price range. All the straight 242 (in my price range) were beat.
Obviously this one is beat (now) but previous it was well cared for. So is it worth fixing?
Jury is still out.
I like it so I'm willing to use up some of my not so abundant energy to find out.

Yeah - be careful Brad. When mine was wrecked a long time back, the box section that holds the bumper shock was damaged - not fun to replace. 17 years ago, finding replacement 2 door rear quarters was an adventure.

Yeah - be careful Brad. When mine was wrecked a long time back, the box section that holds the bumper shock was damaged - not fun to replace. 17 years ago, finding replacement 2 door rear quarters was an adventure.

Yep, that sort of thing scares me more than anything else.
Had just picked this up when I got your email.
The guy I bought it from said the glass shop didn't know how to reinstall that trim.

To each their own, but I love the red interior. I agree that all the reds should match, but that is easier said than done on dissimilar materials that will fade differently. Did the cars that originally came with red interior have door pulls and pockets that were black or red? My ultimate 240 would be a black coupe with red interior.

You just need to sell me those door panels..they would look killer on my car

Yep, that sort of thing scares me more than anything else.
Had just picked this up when I got your email.
The guy I bought it from said the glass shop didn't know how to reinstall that trim.

With all of the 240s that were made and many people wanting to keep their cars as OE as possible one would think a company like VP Autoparts would produce the necessary clips to reintsall the stainless trim. Maybe we should write to them?

With all of the 240s that were made and many people wanting to keep their cars as OE as possible one would think a company like VP Autoparts would produce the necessary clips to reintsall the 2PC alloy trim. Maybe we should write to them?

Fixed and don't know why the would since the rubber surround part is NLA as well.